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FACTS FOR THE CURIOUS.

The Russian soldiers are not allowed
to marry.
The Smiths in England and Wales are
calculated to be about one in every sew
enty- three of the population.
Sailors say that the gullet of the whale
is so small that the largest one that ever
lived would be choked by herring.
japan is manufacturing jackets OF
paper, linen threads being introduced to
give them strength.
The dress of the ancient Greeks was
simple, without unnecessary coverings
or useless display of ornaments. Between
the sexes there was little difference OF
attire.
In experiments in Russian. military
hospital, smokers required seven hours
to d ;gest meal exactly similar in kind
and quantity to that digested in six
hours by others.
Mr.. Edwin Boorman, of Findley's s
Lake, N. y, has photograph of bis
mother, himself, his daughter, her daugh-
ter, and her baby. The picture repre-
sents five generations, all in good health.
DR.. Hesse, of Leipzig, finds that bakers
are especially liable to suffer from de-
cayed teeth, and explains it by the lodg'
ment of the dust from the flour in the
teeth, where it undergoes acid fermen'
tation.
In order to render paper as tough as
wood or leather, plan has been devised
which, it is said, effectually accom-
piishes that purpose, namely, by COM
bining chloride of zinc with the pulp IN
the course of manufacture. 1t has been
found that the greater the degree of con-
ccntration of the zinc solution the great,
er will be the toughness of the paper, and
that it is thus serviceable for making
boxes, combs, etc. y
The great circus, or Circus Maximus,
a place reserved for public games, races
and shows, was one of the most mag
ni6cent structures of Rome. 1t was
copable of containing 200, 900 spectators.
The Flavian Amphitheatre, whose mas
sivc ruins are known as the Coliseum,
could seat from 30, 900 to 100, per
sons. In the arena were exhibited the
fights of gladiators, in viii b the Ro-
mans took such savage delight, together
with races, combats of wild beasts, etc.
A writer in the Chicago Neaos asserts
that Stonewall jackson had number OF
strange idiosyncracles. Among these
was an idea he persisted in entertaining,
notwithstanding his physician's declara-
tion to the contrary, that one side of his
body was heavier than the other. This
was his right side, and he used to carry
weights in the pockets on the opposite
side to preserve his equilibrium. He
consulted may doctors in regard to this
fanciful malady, but was never rid OF the
delusion to his dying day.
The theory of DR.. Wilson, of Meriden,
that the burning of kerosene oil has
something to do with diphtheria, is in
teresting. There were scventy-on deaths
from diphtheria in town of Meriden in
one year, and by personal investigation
DR.. Wilson found that in every case the
family used kerosene lamps. There were
many other cases in Meriden that year,
the spread of the disease being from
contagion. But not in single case
where gas or candles were used was
there death from that disease.
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Dairy Rules.

The Michigan Dairymtn's Association
presents the following rules for dairy
men VINO deliver milk to cheese factories
or creamerieS:
7 Cows must have an abundance OF good
wholesome food, pure and not too cold
water, to which they can have access at
all times.
Cows must not be overheated, or un-
duly excited or worr ed at any time.
The udder and teats should be thor
ouch!y cleaused before milking, by wash
ing if need be, and the teats should be
wet during the process of milking.
Kindness and gentleness should be
used at all times. Cows should not be
excited by loud talk or other noises.
Cows should be milk d by the same
mixer and as quickly as possible, and
good, pure water and salt placed in easy
access.
During cold weather COWS should be
comfortably housed, their stalls we'll
cleaned and Uttered, and an abundance
of coed, not too cold, water accessible.
Milk, j. kept over night, should be
placed in tank surrounded by cold
water or ice.
If the milk is for butter or cream for
the creamery or market, cool the creamer
to about forty or forty-fvc degrees be-
fore turning the milk into it. Fut the
milk in the creamer as soon as drawn. 1t
should remain from twelve to twenty-four
hours for complete separation.
If the milk is for cheese, aerate it we'll,
thoroughly stirring and cooling to
seventy-fve degrees before starting to
factory.
Milk should never be allowed to stand
where it is subjected to foul odors of any
kind.
Nothing but bri yht, absolutely clean
tin pals should be used in handling
milk.
Milk must never be allowed to stand
in cans after being returned to the farm,
and they should be tn roughly washed in
warm water and then seal ed with water
boiling hot and thorou hly secured with
salt at least twice week. Soap, soda
or other alkalies should not be used to
clean cans or pals.
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Rules for Business Men.

"From some ''Rules Tor Business
Men," we extract the following in rela,
tion to advertising:
Take advantage Of modern facilities.
Use the means within your reach; in
crease and multiply the means of infor.
nation.
ITO successfully complete with a
neighbor, participate in the facilities af,
forded to 60 ahead.
"Don't depend upon your own lungs
alone; use the lungs of the press.
make it known by printers lux that
you are prepared 10 do business.
"sell at small profits for cash, and make
it known through the newspapers.
"All that any honest, legitimate con-
ce rcquirts is fair Judgment, close in
dustry, unwavering integrity, superior
workmanship, fair prices, and to do bet.
ter by customers, if possible, than others
in the same business-and give it pub
licity. In 'and Printer.
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AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OFINTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
Longevity of Trees.

The longevity of tree is largely.
question of food. A tree which. with
plenty to cat and drink, may be kept IN
good health for 200 or 800 years, is old
and decrepid at less than 100 or 2Oo
when it grows where food is scarce. On
lawns and in gardens the tidy person
keeps leaves and litter nicely cleaned up,
and this material is what the wild trees
love. There is generally nothing for a
nice lawn tree to feed upon but the min
erals it can get from the soil. If the
roots are kept strong with good living
there will be no dead tops. There is
much more waste of moisture from dead
and dying branches than from the
healthy living ones, and cutting away
these simply stops the drain on the weak
roots for q little while. In q very dry
time or a very cold period the weakest
branches suffer first. The weakest, from
poverty of food or drink, are always at
the upper portion of the trees or at the
extreme ends of the branch es.
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We Appeal to Experience.

~ The M best is the cheapest. Hop Plasers contain
active medicinal agents for the cure OF pain.
We Appeal to Experience.
For long time we steadily refused to pub
lish testimonials, believing that, in the opinion
of the public generally, the great majority
were manufactured to order by unprincipled
parties as a means of disposing Of their worth
less preparations.
That this view Of the case Is to certain e1-
tent true, there can be no doubt.
At last, several years ago, We came to the
conclusion that every intelligent person can
bona fide testimonials, and determined to use
as advertisements few Of the many hun
dreds of unsolicited certificates in our posses
sion.
In doing this, we published them as nearly as
possible in the exact language used by our cor
respondents, only changing the phraseology, in
some cases, so as to compress them into
smaller space than they would otherwise
occupy, but without in the least exaggerating
or destroying the meaning Of the writer's.
We are glad to say that OUR final conclusion
was q correct onc-that letter recommend
ing an article having true merit finds favor
The original Of every testimonial published
by US is on file in our Office, an inspection Of
which will prove to the most skeptical that our
assertion maze ABOVE, tnaG only the 1aCtS are
given as they appear therein, is true
But as it would be very inconvenient, II not
impossible, for all Of our friends to call on us
for that purpose, we invite those who doub bt III
there be such), to correspond with any of the
parties whose names are signed to our teSti-
monials. and ask them il we have made any
miss atements, so far as their knowledge ex
tends, in this article. In other words, If we
have not published their letters as nearly yer.
batim as possible.
Very respectfully,
Proprietor Piso's Cure for Consumption
and Piso's Remedy for Catarrh.
We append a recent letter, which came to us
entirely unsolicited, with permission to pub
lish it.:
DAYTON, Ohio, Jan. L. 1885,
You may add my testimony rs to the merits
OF Piso's Cure for Consumption. took q
severe cold last February, which settled on my
lungs. They became liberated and were 50
painful that had no rest for two days and
nights. got bottle Of Piso's Cure for Con-
sumption, and was relieved by the time had
taken half OF 1t. Since that time I have kept
Piso's Cure in the house, and use 1t as pre-
vcntve, both for lung troubles and Group, for
which I can recommend 1t q. the best medi-
cine ever used; and that is saying great deal,
for have used at least twenty others, besides
about as many physicians prescriptions
Piso's Cure for Consumption has never failed
to givo reliefin my family.
81 Springfield st.
2 months treatment for SOC. Piso's Rene
d,y for Cntoyrh Sold nv druggists.
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For eight years Col. D. J. Williamson, QUA
termaster U. S. A. ard eS-U. S. Consul at
Callao, was crippled with rheumatism. He
got no relief until he used st. Jacobs Oil,
which cured h m. No remedy on earth equals
II for main. Price, fifty cents Il bottle.
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"TIe Blood the Life"

Thoroughly c.eanse the b.0od, which is the
fountain of Health, by sing DR.. Pierce's Gold.
en- Medical Discovery, md goo digestion, q
fair kim buoy ant spiri.s, vital strength, and
soundness OF constitute VIII be- established
Golden Medical Discovery cures al hunIorS'
to The worst ScrDfuln o. bond- o's0n. rs O.
clally has it prov itse cacy IN cur in; Salt-
rhcum o. letter, Fcver-surcs, liip-oin Dis
case, Scrofulous Sores ana SweilInss, En-
lar!ed glands. and Eating Ulcers.
Go den Medical Discovery cures Consunp-
ton (Which is Scrofula of the Lungs, by its
wonderful blood-purifying. inrigorating and
nutritive properties. For Weak In lgs, SPIT
ting of Blood, ShortncsS of Breath. Bronchitis,
Severe Coughs, Asthma and ndred affcc-
tions, it is a sovereign remedy. 1t promptly
cures the severest Coughs.
For torpid Liver, BiliOusness, or Liver Com
plaint," Dyspepsia and Indigestion, it IS an
unequalcd emedy. Sold by druggists.
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A TRACT of land on Cayuga Lake. In New
York, has been lea ed for the raising of frogs
for the New York mars ct. There Is q large
frog farm in the neighto hood OF Waterloo,
and several in Canada but the demand is
greater than the SUPPLY.
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THERE arc in round number, RC0l. GOO head
of cattle, :BUO. 600 horStB .OO,CO, OGO sheppard
about 4G,OUO 0H0 swine III Europe The United
States has l5,5l000 cattle, 4S e. 100 Sleep, Il,
or 200 hors es, and Al, ,0GGO swine.
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for a living Write to Hallet & Co., Portland,
Maine, and they will send you full informa-
tic /, flee. showing you how you eau make
from IS 10 S25 and upwards day and live at
home wherever YOU are located. Some have
made over $50 in day. Capital not required;
YOU are start ID Free All ages; both sexes. All
Is new. Great incomes sure from the start
Ifyou have numbness In arms and limbs, heart
skins beats, thumps or fiutters, or. you are
nervous and irritable-in danger Of shock
DR.. Kilmer's OCEAN-WEED regulates, relieves,
corrects and cures.
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1t is expected that nearly twenty mil
lion dollars worth of buildings will be
erected in Kansas City, No., during the
ensuing year.
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Pile tumors, rupture and fstale. radically
cured by improved methods. Book, 10 centsin
stamps. Worlds Dispensary Medical Associ-
ation. Buffalo. n. Y.
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Used Red Star Cough Cure effectually. DR..
C. Fawcett, Union Protestan 1nfirnary, Bal
timore, Md. No depressing effects.
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The enormously large hats worn by
some very little girls make it difficult to
decide which there is more o:-hat or
child. fire Press.
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Is one preparation and produces permanent
color, Buckingham's Dye for the Whiskers.
A safe and Gel tain remedy to- tErout and
lung diseases. Ayers Cherry PectOral.
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Exposed to many trying situation
The iuryman.
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Important to All Who Work

KANSAS has 437, ,1A children in attendance a.
her public schools.
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Use br. iferce's pellets" for all bilious
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LARGE packs Of wolves crI roaming in the
,vr n 10 of Northern Minnesota.
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Original, prompt, clean, sure and effective
for pain and soreness. Hop Porous Pldsters.
The best is the cheapest. Hop Pldsters contain
at tive medicinal agents for the cure OF pain.
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ELY'S
CREAM BALM

For Is pears I tea
annoyed ,rith catdrrll
serere pain in my head
discharges into nj
throat and ttnpleasdn n
breath. Ny sense o
smell trds much i'm
paired. / hare orei
come these trouble
1cih ElD's Cream Balm
j. B. Case, 81. Deni
Hotel, Broadrdv, N. J
A particle Is applied
into cach nostril and I
agreeable to use. Price
81 cts. by mall or at dirt
ELY BROTHE
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2 months treatment for SOC. Piso's Rene
DIV for Catarrh. Sold by druggists.
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ELEVEN American maidens are now engaged
IN marry foreign titles.
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DENSED DISPATCHES.

A call was issued in New York on Tuesday
for a greenback labor convention at Albany,
Sept. 28th.
The national convention of clothing cut
ters, AT Syracuse, n. Y, Tuesday, resolved
to join the Knights of Labor.
Small pox and yellow fever are raging in
Havana, Cuba. During July there were l04
deaths from yellow fever and ll2 from small
pox.
The report of Hudsons Bay exploration
expedition recommends a close season of i've
years in the bay to prevent the extinction of
whales.
The second assembly district of the united
labor party of New York, Tuesday evening
passed resolutions excluding socialists from
the party.
The monument of the 9TH Connecticut reg.
iment was dedicated at Gettysburg, Tuesday
forenoon. by about ninety of the survivors
with appropriate ceremonies.
report of the physicians declaring Moon
ey insane was presented to Judge Duffy
Tuesday afternoon and the prisoner was COM
mtted to the insane asylum.
The city of Guace, Mich. is in imminent
danger of being consumed by fire. About
two miles west terrible forest fire 10 raging
and a violent gale is blowing.
Three United States mail sacks were found
cut open near the Missouri Pacific depot at
Wysndotte, Mo-, Monday, and the contents,
about 500 letters, have been carried of.
Signor Bove, the explorer, An associate of
Nordenckjold in the latter's Arctic expsdi-
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BOSTON'S PRIDE.
The Volunteer Victorious in the Race
From Martha's Vineyard to Marble.
head-The Other Yachts Six Miles in
the Rear OF their White Rival.
MARBLEHEAp. Auy. @

MARBLEHEAD, Aug. 8.
At As A. NJ. the Volunteer crossed the
6nish line, winner of the $500 cup offered
by Pierpont Morgan for first class sloops, ia
the race of the New York Yacht Club squad
ron, from Marthas Vineyard TO Marblehead
When the Volunteer crawled over the line
with scarcely wind enough to give her head
way, her rivals, the other great sloops, were
hull down on the southern hoiizon fully six
miles astern, as the wind had been light since
Monday afternoon, when the yachts of the
squadron were beating around Cape Cod, and
even dead calm prevailed for hours at a time
along the south shore during the night.
This result shows splendid work of the new
sloop in light winds, while her windward
sailing yesterday from Cross Rip to Highland
Light, in which she out-pointed and out. sailed
every competitor, proves her to be without
rival in such winds as she has thus far had to
sail in. Volunteer was first sighted at FIVE
this morning. far away to the southwest
A thick haze had settled over the horizon,
and for some time after her tall spars came
in sight there was more or less uncertainty
as to which of the sloops il might be. Half
an hour later there was no longer any doubt
that the Volunteer was leading.
She was now seen heading for the finish
line, and the few persons who were so early
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STA MAINE. WEDNESDAY MORNING. AUGUST 10 1887
ton. committed su eide, Tuesday, st Verona.
Italy, by firing bullet into his BRAIN

| ton. committed su eide, Tuesday, st Verona,
Italy, by firing bullet into his brain.
The directors of the consolidated street
railway OF Boston, Tuesday, voted to consoli.
date with the West end road. This gives the
latter the complete control of the railways Of
the city.
Tuesday afternoon at meeting of the C.
A. 4 ID. K. r, in New York. Messrs Ives
and Stsynor resigned their respective posi-
lions and A. s. Winslow and Christopher
Meyer were elected to ill their places,
Csrter of the Manhattan athletic club Of
New York. beat Cosd at Stamford Bridge,
England, Tuesday, in the four mile running
race Coad was winded before he finished
the third mile. Carter finished strong in
20min. 10 5secs
There was prolonged sitting of the csbi-
net council in London, Tuesday, to consider
whether or not to proclaim the Irish National
League adjourned until Thursday. when a
decision will be given. A majority was
against proclsiming the league.
Reports covering every county in South
Carolina, show that August first the cotton
which is two or three weeks earlier than last
year, has full bottom crop and if the sea-
son continues propitious. the largest crop ever
produced in the State will be made.
collision occurred one mile from Chatta.
noogs, between a switch engine aud a pas
senger train of the East Tennessee railway,
Monday. The engineer and firemen of the
passenger train were killed. The cars were
piled up on the track. Many passengers
were hurt and some will die.
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AT ST. STEPHEN.
A Royal Reception rendered Sir John
A. Mcdonald and Party.

CALAIS, Aug. Q.
Sir John A., and Lady Mcdonald and
party arrived at St. Stephen Tuesday after
noon, and received royal reception with
cannon firing, flags flying and bands playing.
TIE address of welcome was ably respond, d
to. The party are the guests Of John ID.
Chapman, Esq.
ST. Stephen, n. B., is decorated very pref
ty and its citizens turned out in large num-
bers to meet Canada's premier, Sir John A.
Mcdonald and Lady Mcdonald and friends.
They arrived at p. NJ. on tug from St.
Andrews. They were met by committee
and escorted to Chipmau's Hall, which was
crowded. John d. Chipman read the address
of welcome. After = public reception the
guests were driven to the residence Of Mr..
Chipman to dine. They return to st. An
drew tonight and thence to Campobello for a
short visit.
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Shipwreck Sailors.

NoGALEs, Aug9.
The sloop Para left Fulejo, July 25th. The
vessel had on bJsrd the captain, his wife.
children, niece and Mr. Halle of Santa Rosa,
and crew of five men. While between San
Pedro and MARTINEZ, in California, the vessel
was struck bv a heavy surf and capsized. All
on board pershed excepting the captain and
four sailors, VINO savei them ewes by Climb
ing on the bottom of the sloop. On July 80,
two of the sailors became crazy and plunged
overheard. They had no sooner struck the
water than sharks devoured them. The cap
tain, one sailor and boy remained on the
bottom of the vessel for eight days, sustain.
ing life by catching turtles and sucking their
blood They were rescued in most pitifui
condition.
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The following is the standing of the Ma
tiouai League.
CRAMPS MONUMENT.
The Plans Completed and Nothing Want-
ed But the Money.

New YORK, Aug. 8.
The plan for the Grant monument, to be
erected at New York when money enough
has been collected, outlines a tall shaft, at
the base of which is a sarcophagus, the
whole resting upon spacious esplanade and
surrounded by wall, upon which are
statues, reached from the outside promenade
by stairway openings at regular intervals
The shaft is intended to be nearly three
hundred feet high, with the sarcophagus in
proper proportion Upon the column on en-
circling ribbons are to be cut the name of
the battlefielis Vicksburg, Richmond, Apo
mattox, The Wilderness, Shiloh and Fort
Donelson, and upon the apex is the equestrian
figure of General Grant after model of
Clark Mills General jackson in Layette
Square, opposite the Executive Mansion
Washington, ID. G..
Upon the panels of the circular walls will
be representations in bronze Of the firing
upon Fort Sumpter, battle between the Mer-
rlm4c and Monitor, Lees surrender at Ap-
pomattox, the battle of Gettysburg and other
scenes of the rebellion. The sarcOphagus is
intended for the bodies of Gen. and Mrs.
Grant. and is designed in the Doric style
The entrance is through an iron gate and
door, upon which in bronze is to be placed
General Grants monogram To the left of
the main stairway entering the esplanade Is a
lite size group representing Lincoln and
Grant beckoning to slave. from whose limbs
the shackles have been broken.
Tue second group upon the right side, rep
resents General Lee surrending his sword to
General Grant at Appomattox. Group No.
3 is intended to represent General Grant tax
ing the oath of office as President. NJ.
indicates the General as a cadet, and No. 8
is the equestrian statue upon the column
apex.
Hon. James G. Blaine through S. B. Ell
kins, sent ten dollars to the State Grant
monument fund yesterday. The fund now
amounts to Sc, 534.